Bottle soaking and rinsing machine.



' J. H. KINTZELE.

BOTTLE SOAKING AND RINSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1808.

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J. H. KINTZELE.

. BOTTLE SOAKING AND'RINSING MACHINE.

- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1908.

Patented oct. 19,1909.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1908. I

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

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I it STATESPATENT orricn JULIUS H. KINTZELE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSGURI, A SSIGNOR TO MEYER SUPPLY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

BOTTLE SOAKING' AND RINSIN G MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented "Get. 19, 1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J LIUS H. KINTZELE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city of St.- Louis and State of Missouri, have invental certain newfand useful Improvements in Bottle Soaking and Rinsing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of machines us'ed for soaking and rinsing bottles after they have been in use as containers in order that the labels 'applied thereto may. be removed from the bottles and the bottles may be cleansed previous to their re-use.

The prime object in the "present invention is to provide a machine in which .the bottles may, after introduction into the machine, be conductedthroughout one or a greater number of cycles or courses in the machine and in the soaking and cleansing fluid before they are discharged from the machine in. order that they will be thoroughly soaked and cleansed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character into which the bottles are automatically delivered and from which they are automatically discharged after the redetermined numberof cycles of the'bot 12s in the machine have taken place.

Figure I is a to or plan view of my machine with a portion of the housing broken out. Fi'g. II is an end elevation of the niachine. Fig. III is a vertical cross sectipn. Fig. IV is an enlarged viewpartly in end elevation and partly in vertical cross'section illustrative of the means by whichtheintroduction and delivery of the bottles are controlled. Fig. V is a top or Ian view of the pants shown in Fig. I ig. V1 is an enlarged elevation of the bottles are controlled. Fig. VII is a cross section on line VII-VII, Fig. VI. Fig. VIII is a detail side elevation of the bottle receiving shelf and its operatingmechanism. y

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates a soakin or rmsin tank that is adapted to contain any suita le fluid which may be water although I preferably utilize' side with an inlet openin finger 12 is a of parts of the mechanism by which the introduction and delivery.

may be heated by suitable means such as by the introduction of steam thereinto through a steam conducting pipe 4,see Fig. I.

.5 designates a housing surmounting' the soaking or rinsing tank and provided at one side with an outlet openlng 7. The bottles to be soaked and rinsed are introduced through the housing by passing through the inlet opening .and discharged therefrom through the out-let opening.

' 8 designates a shelf, preferably provided with bottle receivin pockets, and which is located alongside oi the housing 5 at the opening 6 therein. This shelf is supported bybracket arms 9, inclined upwardly from the housing or soaking tank, and by a rock shaft 10 in said bracket arms -(see Figs. I to III inclusive) The rock shaft 10 extends longitudinally of the'machine and the shelf 8 is.

fastened to said shaft to provide for said shelf being raised and lowered when the shaft is in said tank a suitable solution in which the.

6 and at its other rotated by means to be set forth. Fixed to the rock shaft at one of its ends is a trip arm 11 that rojects inwardl from the rock shaft an is Y rovided at its inner free end with a laterally .extendin finger 12. The 'apted to e engaged by a member, to be hereinafter more particularly mentioned, whereby the trip arm 11 is moved upwardly to rotate the rock shaft and elevate the shelf 8 attached thereto.

8 is a rest plate beneath the inner edge of the'shelf 8 and against which the mouth ends of the bottles may rest while the bottles are lying in inclined positions upon the shelf, be-

fore they are delivered into the soaking tank, to permit of the bottles being drained if any of their previous contents remain in them when they areplaced on the shelf.

8' is a trough into which the matter discharged from the bottles falls.

When the rock shaft 10 is rotated, by the plates 8.and through the opening 6 in the housing into the soaking tank 1.

8" is'an L-shaped bar attached to rest 'member 8 and of the same length.

16 designates a door that controls the outletopenin 7 in the housing 5 and which is connected y hangers 17 to a rock shaft 18 located adjacent to the top of said opening. The rock shaft is partially supported by end bearing brackets 19- mounted on the tank 1 and hanger brackets 20 fixed to the housing 5 above the'outlet opening 7, as seen most clearly in Fig. I. The rock shaft has secured to 'it weighted. arms 21 that act upon the rock shaft and serve to normally so hold the shaft that the door 16 will be normally in a lowered position to close the outlet opening 7 in the housing of the machine.

22 is a leverarm fixed to the rock shaft 18 at the end of the machine at which the trip arm 11v is located.

23 is an antifriction roller mounted in the free end of the lever arm 22. I

The bottles that-are soaked and rinsed in my machine are adapted to be discharged I through the-outlet opening 7 in the housm 5 when the door 161s automatically opene in the manner to behereinafter explained and the bottles pass to the receivin tank 2 upon a runway" 24' that prefera ly has mounted uponit division pieces 25 preferably of pliable material and which serve to furnish a plurality of pathways through which the bottles travel out of contact with each other in moving to" the receiving tank.

I will next proceed with the description of the bottle carrier which is located in; the

housing 5 of my machine and is adapted to move through the fluid in the soaking and rinsing tank 1 during the operation of the machine and the means by which said bottle carrier is operated.

26 is a shaftthat' passes longitudinally throu h the housing 5 and is mounted in suitab e bearing boxes preferably supported by the soakin and'rinsing tank of the ma.

chine. This s aft has fixed to it any desirable number of spiders 27 to which are attached longitudinalpocket plates 28that extend radially from the spiders and have interposed between them division ieces 29, see

Fig. IV, whereby the spaces etween the pocket plates are subdivided to provide rows of pockets into which bottles may be delivered to be conducted by the;-- bottle carrier into andout of the soaking and rinsingtank. The pockets 'ust mentioned are opened at their outer en s in order that the bottles may readily enter thereinto whentheyare discharged fromthe tilting shelf 8 through the inlet opening 6 in the housing of the machine and from the pockets through the outlet opening 7 at the proper time as hereinafter particularly specified. I During the passage of the bottles through the soaking and rinsing tank in the carrier they are held from escape from the pockets by curved guards 30, see Fig. III, mounted in the soaking and rinsing tank beneath the bottle carrier and between and above which the fluid in said tank is present in order that the bottes in the carrier may pass through said flui I The bottle carrier of my machine may be rotated by any suitable driving means, such as that shown in the drawings and which comprises the following parts. 31 is a drive shaft provided With a belt wheel 32 to which power may be applied and a worm 33, the

shaft being mounted in suitable bearing boxes. secured to one end of the tank 1. 3 1 is a worm wheel fixed to the carrier shaft .26 and arranged in mesh with theworm 33 to provide for the rotation of said shaft when the drive shaft 31 is in operation. 35

'is a sprocket wheel'fixed to the carrier shaft 26 and upon which operates an endless chain 36 that extends to a sprocket wheel 37 fixed to a shaft 38 and by which the conveyer in the receiving tank is operated.

I now come to the means by which the bottle carrier is caused-to be operated one or a greater number of cycles after each insertion of bottles into the carrier and previous to the discharge of the bottles after they have been soaked andv rinsed. I

39 designates a toothed wheel fixed to the bottle carrier shaft 26 and the teeth 40 of which may be of any desirable number, there being twenty of such teeth shown in the wheel illustrated in the drawings. The wheel 39 is located'at the end of the machine at which the means for operating the tilting shelf "8 for the introduction of the bottles and the means for operating the discharge door 16 are located. At one side of the wheel 39 are trip members 41, see Figs. I and IV to VII inclusive, that preferably comprise studs fixed to thewhee'l and ant1- friction rollers surroundin said studs. The trip members are of'a num er corresponding to the number of teeth upon the wheel 39.

42-; is a dog, see Figs. IV, VI and VII, that is provided with a heel 42", a toe 42 and a nose 42. This dog is supported in a horizontal position beneath the toothed wheel 39 by a pivot member 43 mounted in a suitable support 44 attached to the soaking and rinsing tank of the machine. The

dog is located at the side of the toothed the tri members 41 and wheel occupied b the nose 0 the upper side, is arranged in the path of travel of said trip members in order that when vthe wheel 39 is rotated with the bottle car- 0g, whic is located at its rier, said nose will be struck by each trip member and the toe of the dog will be lowered, as indicated in dotted lines Fig. VI.

45 designates arms loosely mounted upon the bottle carrier shaft 26 alongside of the toothed wheel 39 and which, as will hereinafter more particularly appear, are arranged for engagement with the trip arm 11 to cause the tilting shelf 8 to be operated and for engagement with the arm 22 for the purpose of opening the discharge door 16. I preferably apply to the outer free ends of said arms antifriction rollers 46 that are adapted to contact with the trip arm and lever arm just mentioned. The arms 45 are held in position upon the bottle carrier shaft by a collar 47. v

48 designates pawls pivoted to thearms 45 adjacent to the perimeter of the toothed wheel 39. These pawls are normally held in engagement with teeth of the wheel 39 by draw springs 49 each having one end attached to the pawl to which it applies and the other end attached to the arm by which the pawl is carried,

7 teeth of the toothed -wheel 39 said pawls serve as means for causing the arms 45' tobe normally rotated with the toothed wheel and the bottle carriernotwithstanding the fact that the arms 45 are loosely mounted upon the shaft of said bottle carrier. Each pawl 48 ishowever, provided at one of its sides with a stud or othersuitable member 50, see Figs. V and VI, that is adapted toengage or be engaged by the dog 42 whenever the pawl is moved into'juxtaposltion with said dog and the stud of the pawl is moving in-acourse past the dog.

' In the practical use of my soaking and rinsing machine the operation is-as follows:

The bottle carrier is placed in motion bv the,

and the bottle carrier provided by the toothed wheel 39 and the pawls 48 and these.

arms are therefore caused to strike the trip arm 11 that serves to operate the tilting bottle shelf 8 and the lever arm 22 that serves to operate the discharge door 16 upon each rotation of the bottle carrier.

- The arms 45 are, however, arranged fora certain lost motion during their travel for the purpose that will be hereinafter explained. In so far as the initial filling of the pockets inthe bottle carrier is concerned at this point in the description, it is sufiicient to state that each arm 45 engages inits travel with the trip arm 11 to move said see Fig. IV. It will beseen that inasmuch as the pawls 48 engage.

against the stud said dog'as to withdraw it, as indicated by 1 dotted lines, Fig. VI, from the tooth it mechanism,

'ity, with the result of carrying the ried by said toothed wheel strikes the nose 42 of the dog 42 as it moves to said dog with the result of tiltingthe dog during the time'of engagement between the parts mentioned, but this operation of the dog 42 is of no consequence until such time as one of the pawls 48 carried by the arms 45 has moved into j uxtaposition with said dog. When one of said pawls has so moved, its stud 50 traversesthe dog by moving longitudinally thereof while remaining in engagement with the tooth of the toothed wheel withwhich it has previously been in engagement. The pawl proceeds in its movement until its stud has reached the toe 42 of the dog or what may be considered the forward end of the dog, and which is the end that is provided with the nose 42". The trip member 41 of the toothed wheel, which is at this time in juxtaposition to the nose of-the dog, presses against said nose" in its movement and by so doingactsto move the toe of the dog in a direction away from the perimeter or axis of the toothed wheel, and said toe, by pressing 50 of the dog 48, so moves previously engaged and cause it to rest for the time being upon the perimeter of the toothed wheel between the tooth it previously engaged and the tooth immediately at the rear ofsaid first named tooth. The. seating of the pawl upon the perimeter of ioa the toothed wheel between two of theteeth is rendered possible dueto the continued rotation of the toothed. wheel and the fact that the arm 45 is looselymounted upon the bottle carrier shaft. The disengagement of the pawl from the toothedwheel as just explained preferably occurs while the arm 45 is positioned vertically beneath the; bottle carrier shaft and the dog 42 is preferably located beneath said shaft in order that the disengagement may occur at this point.

Now, as the 'rotationo'f the bottle carrier and the toothed wheel 39 continue in the direction indicated by the arrow F igs. IV

and VI, one of which views is obverse and the other reverse ofthe carrier operating the arm 45 moves upwardly in a circular .path. with its from a tooth as explained, until the arm has moved upwardly sufficiently out of avertical plane to cause. said arm 45 to descend by'gravpawl carried thereby, and which is free of engagement with the toothed wheel, into engagement with the tooth of the toothed wheel next pawl disengaged I succeeding that or at this time beneath the tooth it previously engaged. The engagement of the pawl with a tooth of the wheel 89 is accomplished upon the descent of the arm 45, due to the pull exerted by the draw spring connected to the pawl. -It will'be seen that'this causes a lost step in the forward movement of the arm and this lost step is also occasioned in the same manner when the other arm 45.moves through the particular portion of the course of its travel ust recited.

After either of the arms 45 reach the trip arm 11 and cause the bottle shelf 8 to be elevated and bottles to be delivered into a particular series of pockets in the bottle car-.

rier,,the bottle carrier continues to rotate with the result of the other arm 45 being in turn brought into such position that its dog 48 is disengaged from the toothed wheel 39 for a short period and in the same manner as that previously explained,-whereby a step in the advance of the second arm is'lostby the rearward movement of itspawl and therefore the arm does not operate the bottle shelf elevating members for the introduction of the next set of bottles until. a series of pockets in the bottle carrier, into which-the bottles would be deposited if the arm continued in an interrupted movement, has passed the inlet opening of the machine and another succeeding series of pockets isbrought to said opening. This operation of the parts of the machlne whereby loss is occasioned in 'the movement of the arms 45 takes place at each half revolution of the machine as herein illustrated, due to'there being two of the arms 45, and the bottles are delivered first into one series of pockets in the bottle carrier and next into a series of said pockets approximately diametrically opposite the first named series of pockets after the second arm 45 has moved into position to elevate the bottle shelf 8.

In my machine as illustrated in the drawings, there are twenty rows of pockets inthe bottle carrier and upon each complete rotation. of the bottle carrier a lost step occurs during the movement of each arm '45. It

will therefore be seen that previous to each introduction of bottles into the carrier there occurs a lost step after which the bottles are introduced. Then the bottle carrier partakes of a half revolution when bottles will be introduced into the eleventh row of pockets counting from the first bottle receiving row. Upon the next rotation of the carrier the bottles will be delivered intovthe row of pockets in advance of the first named at the beginning of the rotation and at the latter art of the rotation the row of pockets preceding the eleventh row, or-more specifically the tenth pocket. This'rotation in filling the pockets is continued until all of them are filled and the bottles are retained in the pockets of the carrier until all of them have been carriedthroughout ten complete rotations of the carrier.-

During the rotations of the bottle carrier, the arms 45 engage the lever arms 22 by which the discharge door 16 is operated each time that said arms are moved to the lever arm, but due to the lost steps in the operations of the arms '45 neither of the rows of pockets containing bottles is brought into registration with the outlet opening in the housing 5 until each row of pockets has made the prescribed number of complete cycles within the housing and when this number of cycles has occurred each row of pockets registers properly 'with the outlet opening and the bottles are discharged automatically from the machine, due to the actuation of the door 16 by the proper arm 45.

While I have shown and described two of the arms 45 and their companion pawls 48, it is obvious that a single arm 45 or a number of arms greater than two may be utilized and also that a less or greater number of rows of pockets may be present in the bottle carrier.

I claim: 1.- In a machine of the character described, a bottle carrier, means for operating said carrier, a member independent of said carrier for controlling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, dlscharge controlling member actuating means, means for operating said last named means, and means for temporarily throwing the discharge controlling member actuating means out of action at intervals, thereby providing for said discharge controlling member actuating means ling member actuating meansgout of action at intervals, thereby providing for said dis charge controlling member actuating means partaking of less movement than said carrier and providing for the operation of the discharge controlling member only after each bottle has remained in the carrier during a plurality of cycles of movement of the bottle carrier. k

3. In a machine of the character described, a bottle carrier, means for operating said carrier, a movable barrier inde endent of said carrier for controlling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, barrier actuatin means coiiperable with said carrier, an

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means whereby said barrier actuating means is temporarilydisplaced .,from cooperation with said carrier at intervals, and caused to partake of less movement than the bottle carrier, thereby providingifor actuation of said barrier to permit the discharge of each bottle only after it has remained in the carrier during a plurality .of complete courses of movement of the bottle carrier,

4. In a machine of the character described, a bottle carrier, carrier, a member independent of said carrier for delivering bottles into said carrier, means whereby said delivery member is actuated, means for o erating said last named means, and means fbr temporarily throwing the means whereby the discharge controlling member is actuated out of action at interthereby providing for said means whereby the delivery member is actuated partaking of less movement than said car-. rier and providing for the operation of the delivery member only after the bottle carrier has partaken of a plurality of complete courses of movement. a

5. In a machine of the character described, a rotatable bottle carrier, means for rotating said carrier, a member independent of said carrier for delivering bottles into said carrier, delivery member actuating means, means for o erating said last named'means, and means t dr temporarily throwing the delivery member actuating means out .of action at intervals, thereby providing for said delivery member actuatln means partaking of less movement than sai carrier 'and-providing for the operation of the delivery memberonly after the bottle carrier has partaken of a plurality of cycles of movement. 6. In a machine of the character describeda bottle carrier, means for operating'said carrier, a member independent of said carrier for delivering bottles into the carrier, means coiiperable with said carrier for actuating said elivery member, and means whereby sai delivery member actuating means is temporarily displaced at intervals rom cooperation with said carrier and caused to partake of less movement than the bottle carrier, thereby providing for actuation of said delivery member only after the bottle. carrier has partaken of a courses of movement.

7. In a machine of the character described, a housing having a discharge opening, a bottle carrier in said housing, movable means at the discharge opening of said housing for controlling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, means operable by said carrier f0. actuating said means for controlling the discharge of bottles, and means whereby said last named means is thrown out of coiiperation with said carrier at intervals to promeans for operating said 1 member carried bycontrol ment of plurality of with said carrier and rier and arranged for cotiperation with the means for contr'ollinglthe discharge of hot tles, means operable by'said carrier towhich said loose member is operably connected, and means whereby said loose member is disconnected at intervals from the means by which it is operated, substantially as set forth. 9 In a machine of the character described, a bottle carrier, movable means for controlling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, an arm having loose connection with said carrier and adapted to operate the means for controlling the discharge of bottles, a said carrier and with which said arms is adapted to coiiperate, and means whereby said arm is thrown out of cotiperation with said carrier member at in tervals, substantially as set forth. 7

1 0. In a machine of the character described, a bottlecarrier, movable means. for controlling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, an arm having loose connection with said carrier, a member carried by said carrier, a pawl carried by said arm and engaging said member, and a dog whereby said pawl is thrown out of engagement with said carrier member at intervals during the Ifnovement of the carrier, substantially asset 10 orth. i

11. In a machine of the character described a bottle carrier, movable means for ling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, an arm having loose connection with, said carrier .and arranged to operate the means for controlling the discharge of bottles, a toothed wheel associated with said carrier, a pawl carried by said arm and arranged .to' engage said toothed wheel, and

a dog whereby said pawl is disengaged from said wheel at intervals during the movesaid carrier, substantially as set forth.

12. In a machine of the character described, a bottle carrier, movable means for controlling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, an arm havlng loose connection arranged to operate the means for controlling the'discharge of 2 J bottles, a toothed wheel associated with said carrier, a pawl carried by said arm and arranged to engage'said toothed wheel, and a dog whereby said pawl is disengaged from id wheel'at intervals during the movement 2 of said carrier; said toothed wheel being provided with means for actuating said dog, substantially as set forth.

13. In a machine of the character described, a bottle carrier, movable means for controlling the discharge of bottles from said carrier, an arm having loose connection with said carrier and arranged to operate the means for controlling the discharge of bottles, a toothed wheel associated with said carrier, a pawl carried by said arm and arranged to engage said toothed wheel, and

a dog whereby said pawl is disengagedfrom thereof into said carrier, means for operating said carrler, and means whereby said 7 bottle support is moved to separate the bottles from said rest and deliver them to said carrier.

15. In a machine of the character described a bottle carrier, a tiltable and normally inclined bottle support, a rest adjacent to said bottle support against which the mouth ends of the bottles bear previous to their delivery to said carrier, means for operating said carrier, and means'for moving said support to separate the bottles from said rest anddeliver them to said carrier.

' JULIUS H. KINTZELE.

In the presence of H. G. (1001;, E. M. HARRINGTON. 

